A1252 – Coffee Cups and Saucers in the Royal shape. Four coloured grounds, Maroon, Cobalt, Salmon and Celadon on the cup extending from the embossment to the foot. Ground to saucer to rim only. St James gold sprays. No gold inner unlike A1221. Entered 09/03/1961.

A1253 Derby Border

A1253 Derby Border

A1254 Madison

A1255 Grosvenor

A1253 – “Derby Border”. A Johnson and Matthey Litho. Thick gold edge and traced handle. Listed under the Dublin shape it is also shown here in the first image in the Duesbury shape. A1254 “Madison” The first appearance of the Astra shape, an attempt to meet the changing tastes of the 1960’s. Another Johnson and Matthey Litho. Gold edge and traced handle. A1255 “Grosvenor” – Dublin shape. The cup and saucer in the image are the "Tall" version of this shape. Another Johnson and Matthey litho pattern with gold edge, foot line and traced handle.

A1256 Red Festival

A1257 Blue Festival

A1258 Midnight

A1259 Antigua

A1256 – “Red Festival” This version is in the Astra shape. The pattern is printed in red with no gilding. A1257 – “Blue Festival. Astra shape with blue printed pattern and no gilding. A1258 -“Midnight” Cobalt blue ground with gold printed pattern. Gold edge with solid gold knobs. A1259 “Antigua” – This version is in the Astra shape. Montreal green ground with gold print and edge.

A1260 Possibly

A1261 Diablo Red

A1262 Diablo Blue

A1263 Simplicity

A1264 Radiance

A1260 - This set meets all the criteria of this pattern in the pattern book having the Astra shape, cobalt ground and impressed mark to the saucer for 1962 apart from the fact that the pattern is listed as "Wilmot" which is clearly not the case. A plate in the same pattern with an "Exeter" centre appears on the Miscellaneous page. A1261 – “Diablo Red” – Astra shape with Johnson and Matthey litho pattern. No gold edge. A1262 – “Diablo Blue” – Blue version of A1261. A1263 “Simplicity” – Gold printed pattern in the Dublin shape. Traced handle. A1264 “Radiance” – Litho pattern on the Astra shape. Gold edge and traced handles.

A1271 - “Sprite”. Astra shape. Johnson and Matthey litho pattern. No gold edge. I have included an image of the coffee pot to demonstrate the shape. A1272 - “La Ronde” Dublin shape. Johnson and Matthey litho pattern with gold edge and line. The tea cup and saucer shown is the “Low” version of this shape.

A1281 – “Princess” – Ely/Chelsea shape. Johnson and Matthey litho pattern with gold edge and shoulder line. Marked “From a Derby original C1790”. Previously revived in 1947 as pattern A946. A1370 is a green version. A1283 “Peony” Litho pattern hand enamelled in green and red. Hand gilt. Entered into the pattern book November 1965. A1284 – Royal shape service plate with aerographed (Sprayed) cobalt band and raised gold. Entered into the pattern book in November 1965

A1285 Prince Consort

A1286 Brocade

A1287 Caliph

A1288 Pompeii

A1285 “Prince Consort” – Queens Gadroon shape. Originally it would appear the pattern was called “Annabel”. Very difficult to tell apart from A340 Milford. White with a gold gadroon edge. Entered into the pattern book in November 1971. A1286 “Brocade”- Designed by June Branscombe - Queens Gadroon shape. Gold litho pattern again dated November 1971. A1287 “Caliph” – (June Branscombe) - Queens Gadroon shape. Another litho pattern with gold line at shoulder. A1288 “Pompeii” – Queens Gadroon shape. Yellow ground with apparently a black printed pattern (or perhaps a litho) over. Dentil around centre. First entered February 1980.

A1289 Imperia

A1290 Blue Paradise

A1290 Blue Paradise

A1291 Aquitaine

A1289 – “Imperia” - (June Branscombe). Queens Gadroon shape. Litho pattern with hand enamelling in turquoise. Gilt foot line and traced handle. First entered February 1980. A1290 “Blue Paradise”. Here shown in both the Queens Gadroon and Heraldic shapes. By this time a litho was in use in place of the printing method. Hand gilt. Entered 9th June 1982. A1291 - “Aquitaine”. Queens Gadroon shape. Litho pattern. The light blue was probably added by hand. Hand gilt with dentil around centre. Entered 4th June 1980.

A1292 Majesty

A1293 Derby Days

A1294

A1295

A1292 – “Majesty” I have this listed under the Duesbury shape but a “Royal” shape plate appears above. Litho pattern and hand gilt. It appears to have been inspired by pattern 3615. Entered 8th June 1982. A1293 – “Derby Days”. Litho pattern on the Royal shape. A1308 is the same pattern on the surrey shape. A1294 – The first of a series of six patterns. These mostly appear on teacups and saucers or on sets of hexagonal covered boxes which are graduated in size. A1294 is believed to be in the Elizabeth shape. A litho pattern (to include the band inside the cup), apparently hand enamelled in red and hand gilt. Gold edge and foot line. Solid gold handle. Entered 2nd May 1984. A1295 is in the Ely/Chelsea shape. A litho pattern hand enamelled in red. Hand gilt gold edge, line at shoulder, foot line and traced handle.

By this time towards the end of the fourth book containing patterns A1 onwards, the practise of entering the patterns into the book had been abandoned, and instead the litho patterns were merely placed between the pages to act as a record. No doubt the cost in terms of time and effort and the apparent ending of the replacement service meant that the maintenance of a full record was no longer justified. Some patterns are now released without a marked pattern number. Below I have included images where I have examples in the collection, and pattern numbers where I have seen marked pieces.

A1320 “Carlton Gold” Surrey shape. Ignore the crest which was no doubt a special order in this example. “Carlton Gold” is the last entry in Book 4, the final pattern book. A1321. “Honeysuckle” Ely/Chelsea shape. A1322 “Dauphin” Duesbury shape I believe but here as an Edinburgh shape coffee cup and saucer. A1323 “Chardonnay” As A1322.

A1328 “Rutland” – Duesbury shape, here as a coffee pot. A1329 “Chatsworth”. Surrey Shape. A1330 “Elizabeth Gold” Royal shape with millennium date cipher. I have an identical plate with date cipher for 1957, so A1330 would appear to be a re-issue/revival. Also seen with green enamel dots instead of gold but marked with the same pattern number. I have found no pattern A1331 to date.

In 1988 a series of six old patterns were re-introduced under the title "The Curator's Collection" and were unnumbered. By 2012 the long established practice of numbering new patterns seems to have been abandoned. The dates given below are the copyright years shown on the factory marks or are the launch dates taken from Tableware Magazine.